Adolf Spiess (3 February 1810 Lauterbach, Hesse - 9 May 1858), German gymnast and educator, contributed to the development of school gymnastics for children of both sexes in Switzerland and Germany. ==Biography== ===Father=== Spiess`s father, Johann Balthasar Spiess (1782–1841) and himself the son of a Thuringian farmer and master smith, had fi....Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Spiess